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Swindon remembers ‘The Few’ The evocative growl of Rolls Royce Hurricane. His brother pilot Norman,
Merlin engines powering six vintage killed in 1945, is also honoured on
An historic commemoration of the nation’s Spitfires and Hurricanes from the the Commonwealth grave stone.
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
The cemetery chapel now displays
defence 75 years ago on 15 September poignantly and historical information about those
gracefully ended a week of events who served in both world wars,
in Swindon leading up to Battle as well as the people of Swindon
of Britain Day when the Duke of involved on the home front.
Gloucester visited Radnor Street During the week Swindon Heritage
Cemetery to commemorate the organised talks related to Swindon
544 pilots who died defending the and the Battle of Britain and a dis-
country 75 years ago. play of a static replica Spitfire and
The event organised by Swindon Hurricane in the town centre and at
Heritage, Paul Gentleman and the North Swindon Centre.
Caroline Black, paid particular Later on 15 September the Duke
tribute to Swindon born Squadron of Gloucester named a First Great
Leader Harold Starr who is buried in Western locomotive Harold Starr
Radnor Street Cemetery, killed in his See more pictures by Richard Win-
parachute above Kent on 31 August tle at www.bit.ly/swindonbob75th
1940 after baling out of his stricken www.swindonheritage.com
The Duke meeting some of the members of Swindon Heritage, The Duke talks to children from town centre primary schools
from left, Graham Carter, Frances Bevan, Mike Pringle, Caroline Black who created six themed designs for the chapel windows
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